phập phồng

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Vietnamese

Etymology

-âp reduplication of phồng.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fəp̚˧˨ʔ fəwŋ͡m˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [fəp̚˨˩ʔ fəwŋ͡m˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [fəp̚˨˩˨ fəwŋ͡m˨˩]

Verb

phập phồng

to inflate and deflate; to continuously puff up and shrink

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